Recipes Featuring Molasses
- Mincemeat
2 quarts beef, boiled
2 quarts suet, finely chopped
6 quarts apples
1 quart molasses
4 lbs sugar
3 lbs raisins
1 lb citron
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Cloves
Allspice
Wine - Sponge Ginger Cake
1 cup sour milk
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup butter, warmed a little
2 eggs
1 Tbsp ginger
1 quart flour
1-1/2 tsp baking soda, dissolved in very little hot water
- Ginger Snaps | 1 cup molasses
1 cup molasses
1/4 to 1/2 cup butter, suet, or chicken fat
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoon ginger
2 teaspoons salt
- Steamed Brown Bread
1 cup white flour
2 cups Graham flour
2 cups Indian meal
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup molasses
3 1/2 cups sour milk
Salt - Ginger Snaps | 1 cup molasses
1 cup molasses
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
3 Tbsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
4 ounces sour milk
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a spoonful of hot water
Flour
- Plum Pudding | 1/2 pound suet
1/2 pound suet
1/2 pound flour
1/2 pound raisins
1/2 pound currants
1/2 pound grated potato
1/2 pound grated carrots
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon each ground allspice, and cloves
Little black - Boston Brown Bread (Unfermented)
1 cup rye flour
2 cups corn meal
1 cup white flour
2 ounces molasses or sugar
1 tsp salt
Sour milk
1 tsp baking soda - Graham Bread | 2 cups milk scalded
2 cups milk scalded
1/2 cup of molasses
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 yeast cake
1/4 cup lukewarm water
2 cups white flour
4 cups graham flour
- Entire Wheat Bread
2 cups scalded milk
1/3 cup sugar, or
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 yeast cake
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
5 cups sifted entire wheat
- Sweet Milk Brown Bread
1 cup flour
1 cup graham flour
1 cup entire wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup molasses
1 3/4 cups milk
3/4 teaspoon soda
